A bold new vision for the Champions League was launched this season, meaning more games and more money for European soccer's elite, as well as a rebuttal to the threat of a controversial breakaway super league.

Carlo Ancelotti has said Manchester City's elimination from the Champions League would be good news for Real Madrid.

Guardiola confirmed "the players we had out are [still] out", including winger Jeremy Doku, who "felt something" during Sunday's win at Ipswich, and defender Ruben Dias, who has an abductor problem with no scheduled return date.

Chelsea manager Enzo Maresca has rallied around Pep Guardiola and said the struggling Manchester City boss needs support after a run of two wins in seven European games left City's Champions League knockout phase hopes under threat.

Pep Guardiola said Manchester City have one "last chance" to salvage their Champions League campaign after a 4-2 defeat against Paris Saint-Germain.

Manchester City has taken its spending this week to around $150 million by signing Egypt forward Omar Marmoush from Eintracht Frankfurt in a move that provides some belated back-up to star striker Erling Haaland.

Manchester City have completed the signing of Omar Marmoush from German side Eintracht Frankfurt. City have paid their Bundesliga counterparts a fee in the region of €70million (£59m) plus bonuses. The Egypt international has signed a four-and-a-half-year deal at the Etihad Stadium through to June 2029.